Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Israel sends mortal remains of four Nepalis killed in HAMAS attack

 Kathmandu, Oct. 21

Mortal remains of the four students who killed in Israel in the attack of Palestine rebel group HAMAS on October 7 have been sent to Nepal, the Embassy of Nepal in Tel Aviv, Israel informed on Saturday.

Ten Nepali students were killed in southern Israel's Kibbutz-Alumim in the attack of HAMAS. Of them, death bodies of the four are being brought to Nepal after completing all legal and other procedures. They were sent via Fly Dubai flight (FZ 1210) on Saturday evening and would reach Kathmandu on Sunday morning in another flight of the same airlines (FZ 8351).

The embassy informed that the mortal remains of the other six are in the process of being identified while efforts are being made for the search of the missing one student, Bipin Joshi.

Earlier, the government had rescued 253 Nepali students who had reached Israel under 'learn and earn' programme through the government-to-government agreement between the two countries. They were the students of various universities in Nepal.

Later, another batch of eighteen Nepalis were sent from Tel Aviv to New Delhi in commercial flight of Spicejet Airlines.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, about 4,500 Nepalis are in Israel doing various jobs. 

 Published in The Rising Nepal on 22 October 2023. 

No comments:

Post a Comment

Featured Story

Govt prepares primary draft of DRR Policy

Kathmandu, Apr. 29: The government has prepared the preliminary report of the National Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Policy and Strategic ...